House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday pushed a spending bill that would fund most of the federal government through September of 2015. The move comes as some of the Ohio representative's fellow Republicans are preparing for a showdown with President Barack Obama that could lead to another government shutdown.
Baring any last minute complication, U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate former Pentagon official Ashton Carter as U.S. defense secretary, reports CNN.
Republicans have to pay attention to the Latino vote ahead of the presidential election in 2016, but how to do that, and preserve their political base that is against rights for undocumented immigrants is the problem they now face. In what appears to be the start of an immigration reform battle for the new congressional session in January, Republican lawmakers and pundits are considering several routes to fight Obama on his executive action for immigration reform, and introduce their own legislation.
In Mexico, 11 people who had been arrested in recent anti-government demonstrations and sent to maximum-security prisons have been released without charges.
Undocumented immigrants parents have an opportunity to avoid deportation with the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program initiated by President Barack Obama's executive action on Nov. 20.
Spurred by the aftermath of the shooting and protests in Ferguson, Missouri, President Barack Obama is now calling for $75 million in federal spending to give 50,000 more police body cameras that record their interactions with everyday civilians
Elizabeth Lauten, the Republican aide who chided Malia and Sasha Obama for their outfits and "classless" attitudes during the White House turkey pardoning ceremony last week, resigned on Monday.
College students and people from around the U.S. walked out of their schools, and places of work in solidarity with those in Ferguson and around the country affected by police violence, The walk outs occurred simultaneously at 12 pm central, under the campaign slogan #Hands Up! Walk Out! - a reference to the "Hands Up! Don't Shoot!" chant that has been used since Michael Brown's police shooting death on August 9.
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party's job approval ratings have overall been over 50 percent among Latinos, but percentage rate is significantly lower with whites.
Emboldened by President Barack Obama's recent executive order to spare some immigrants from deportation, Democrats, immigration groups, and health care advocates in California are pushing for expanding immigrant health care coverage.
Social media users have created the hashtag #fireElizabethLauten which has grown to become a trending topic on Twitter following Lauten’s Facebook attack about President Barack Obama’s daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Bus drivers in Tixtla, where 43 students from the Raul Isidro Burgos teachers college disappeared, say they are being held captive, forced by protesting student activists to act as chauffeurs.
Last week, President Barack Obama announced the administration's decision to restrain deportations of up to 4.5 million undocumented immigrants in the country and make them eligible for work permits.
President Barack Obama has threatened to veto a bipartisan tax deal that would create permanent tax perks for corporations without giving tax breaks to middle and working class Americans.
Two deputies of the Dominican Republic dominant party criticized United States ambassador James W. Brewster for calling for the removal of corruption in the island country, saying it was the “Achilles heel” for the U.S.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito defended Mayor Bill De Blasio in response to criticism from the National Institute of Latino Policy (NiLP) that the De Blasio Administration had a poor record of appointing Latinos for administration or agency positions. NiLP argued that in a city where the Latino population is 29 percent, the Latino hiring rate for city appointments is low and 30 city agencies lacked highly-placed Latinos.
Following the results of the Keystone XL pipeline vote in Congress, Louisiana's U.S. Senate race could end in the hands of Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy.
A grassroots campaign, 'No Justice, No Profit, organized with celebrities and Hollywood stars called for a nationwide boycott of retail stores on Black Friday, under the Twitter hashtag #BlackOutBlackFriday and #BoycottBlackFriday, was created as a continuation of protests against the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, St. Louis on August 9.
President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action has paved the way for undocumented immigrants to be eligible for Medicare and Social Security benefits, the White House has confirmed.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has released detailed plans to improve security along the country's borders following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive orders.
